Rotterdam - Maritime Museum

(Local Name: Maritiem Museum Prins Hendrik) At Leuvehaven 1 is the plain windowless concrete structure of the Maritime Museum (Maritiem Museum Prins Hendrik), designed by the architect Wilhelm G. Quist. From the entrance lobby visitors enter the very functional main hall, with gangways leading to the upper floors, which connect with one another without dividing walls. The effect is enhanced by the abundance of glass and steel and the exposed pipes carrying services.

The museum has a large collection of material on the history of shipping and seafaring since the 17th century. In addition to ship models (including a reconstruction of a 2,000- year-old vessel), maps and atlases there are numerous pictures